On 16.06.2015 15:11, Thomas Woerner wrote: > On 06/16/2015 01:28 PM, poma wrote: >> On 15.06.2015 13:12, Thomas Woerner wrote: >>> On 06/15/2015 12:53 PM, poma wrote: >>>> >>>> # yum install firewall-applet >>>> ... >>>> ==================================================================================================== >>>> Package Arch Version Repository Size >>>> ==================================================================================================== >>>> Installing: >>>> firewall-applet noarch 0.3.14.1-1.fc23 rawhide 96 k >>>> Installing for dependencies: >>>> kde-filesystem x86_64 4-51.fc22 rawhide 53 k >>>> libqzeitgeist x86_64 0.8.0-13.fc23 rawhide 75 k >>>> phonon x86_64 4.8.3-4.fc23 rawhide 204 k >>>> phonon-backend-gstreamer x86_64 2:4.8.2-3.fc23 rawhide 147 k >>>> proj x86_64 4.9.1-2.fc23 rawhide 209 k >>>> python3-PyQt4 x86_64 4.11.4-1.fc23 rawhide 3.1 M >>>> python3-sip x86_64 4.16.8-1.fc23 rawhide 99 k >>>> qt-mobility-common x86_64 1.2.2-0.20.20140317git169da60c.fc23 rawhide 39 k >>>> qt-mobility-location x86_64 1.2.2-0.20.20140317git169da60c.fc23 rawhide 584 k >>>> qt-mobility-sensors x86_64 1.2.2-0.20.20140317git169da60c.fc23 rawhide 125 k >>>> qtwebkit x86_64 2.3.4-7.fc23 rawhide 10 M >>>> >>>> Transaction Summary >>>> ==================================================================================================== >>>> Install 1 Package (+11 Dependent packages) >>>> >>>> Total download size: 15 M >>>> Installed size: 56 M >>>> Is this ok [y/d/N]: >>>> >>>> >>>> firewalld-0.3.14 >>>> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/firewalld-devel/2015-June/000175.html >>>> >>>> firewall-applet: >>>> - new version using Qt4 fixing several issues with the Gtk version >>>> >>>> >>>> What were the actual issues with the GTK+ version? >>>> >>> >>> There have been several issues with the gtk applet: >>> >>> 1) The gtk statusicon widget is deprecated in gtk3, will be removed >>> soon. Going back to gtk2 is not a solution. >> >> Xfce CORE is still GTK+ 2 based, therefore -stay- on GTK+ 2 -is- a solution. ;) > > The old applet was using gtk3 since 2012. There are issues with gtk2 and > introspection. The use of pygtk was also not an option because of > missing python3 support, it also pulled in gobject, which then > conflicted with dbus. > >> >>> 2) The status icon was sometimes invisible without an error, warning or >>> any way to find out why, especially in Gnome3. >> >> No problemos within the Xfce, works OK. >> > Yes, there have not been issues in Xfce for also all the time. But there > have been lots of issues with Gnome3. I had work arounds in the applet, > but those were not working with all Gnome3 versions. > >>> 3) The status icon was sometimes not showing the icon without an error, >>> warning or any way to find out why, especially in Gnome3 and gtk based >>> desktop environments. >> >> No problemos within the Xfce, works OK. >> > See above. > >>> 4) With KDE5 there is no support for old-style system tray icons >>> anymore. Only Qt based applets and AppIndicator applets are supported, >>> but AppIndicator has the same issues with the icons in Gnome3 and other >>> gtk based desktops. >>> >> >> That's right, the Application Indicators aka "AppIndicator" is the Canonical/Ubuntu/Unity technology. >> >>> The Qt applet is working in KDE5, Gnome3, Xfce, Mate and others >>> supporting system tray icons without any issues for me. Therefore this >>> is the way to go. >>> >> >> There are some issues, at least within the Xfce - "shrivel" systray icon. >> See "firewall-applet-Qt4-shrivel-systray-icon.png" >> >> Same crap happens as with the vlc systray icon, again Qt4. >> > I do not see this in Xfce. Do you have special panel settings? > I've caricatured with the size, but the essence is the same: http://goo.gl/Gm4ffO Screencast/teeny-weeny.webm >>> Additionally while doing the recode in Qt I realized that the UI >>> handling with Qt is much simpler and more predictable. I plan to port >>> firewall-config also over to Qt for one of the next releases. >>> >> >> Qt5 - ready steady? >> > There is also a Qt5 version, but it behaving strange in KDE5. > Bug report? It's a matter of time when you'll do it anyway in Qt5, right? >> "Qt 4.8.7 Released - Marks The End Of Qt4" >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=qt-4.8.7-qt4-update-released >> >> >> https://github.com/t-woerner/firewalld/commit/2625806 >> New firewall-applet version using Qt >> - Dropped shields up/down mechanism, was not optimal. >> >> Please explain what was -not optimal-, related to "Shields" functionality. >> > Shields-up/-down was settings the default zone in firewalld. There is no > runtime only setting for the default zone, therefore it was setting it > for the whole system in a persistent way. > > If there is a request, I will add it to the new applet. > This should be studied. >> >> $ rpm -q firewall-applet >> firewall-applet-0.3.14.1-1.fc23.noarch >> >> $ rpm -ql firewall-applet | grep man >> /usr/share/man/man1/firewall-applet.1.gz >> >> $ man /usr/share/man/man1/firewall-applet.1.gz >> ... >> GSETTINGS >> firewall-applet has additional settings to adapt the look and feel. >> The used backend depends on the distribution and can be either dconf or GConf. >> The path to the settings is org.fedoraproject.FirewallApplet. >> You can use dconf-editor or gconf-editor to see and modify them. >> The following settings are supported: >> ... >> show-inactive >> ... >> blink >> ... >> blink-count >> >> Is this manual a bit outdated? > Oh yes, I forgot to adapt the man page. Thanks for finding this one. > >> https://github.com/t-woerner/firewalld/commit/5b47854 >> Dropped applet gschema remain: org.fedoraproject.FirewallApplet.gschema.xml >> >> BTW >> dconf write /org/fedoraproject/FirewallApplet/show-inactive true >> dconf write /org/fedoraproject/FirewallApplet/blink true >> dconf dump /org/fedoraproject/FirewallApplet/ >> [/] >> show-inactive=true >> blink=true >> >> What is equivalent to this, now in Qt4 form? >> > As far as I know there is no command line tool for this. You can > create/change ~/.config/firewall-applet/firewalld.conf > > The names here are bad, so I hanged them to > ~/.config/firewall/applet.conf: > https://github.com/t-woerner/firewalld/commit/f137568077af9a11823cdee816f80f16ff6deec8 > > > $ cat ~/.config/firewall/applet.conf [General] notifications=false <-- works OK / also via the applet menu show-inactive=true <-- works -but- applet restart is needed to apply change - why? blink=true <-- broken - does not work at all blink-count=10 <-- brokne - see "blink" Tested with: firewall-applet-0.3.14.2-1.fc22.noarch Please implement also a system-wide config, e.g. /etc/firewall/applet.conf [General] ... -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
